Action Research: The Debate Moves on

Research and Development in Clinical Nursing Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 290-311

  Webb, Christine ^a   Turton, Pat ^b   Pontin, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b University of the West of England ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Anaesthetists; Clinical practice; Nursing; Research projects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948980721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470699270.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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